79
79
Apr 23, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 79
favorite 0
quote 0
by the way ambassador jim jones joining us at the top of the next hour. to talk about torture under george w. bush. speaking about george w. bush, a lot of comments on the bush library. bella says a library for what. for a coloring book or a pop-up pop-up -- picture book? i get it. this is a library to teach you how to read an upside down picture book. and on the senate, rick owning suggests i think somebody needs to start a campaign featuring unwanted posters. mugshots of senators and with a record of their votes against the public wishes like on the gun bill last week. good point! i like that. it is the "full court press" on tuesday morning. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: what do you say friends and neighbors? good morning, it is tuesday april 23rd. great to see you today. thank you so much for joining us here on the "full court press" on current tv. your morning roundup of the news of the day. and your morning town hall where you get a chance to speak out and sound off and express your opinion about what's going on here in our nation's capital around the c
by the way ambassador jim jones joining us at the top of the next hour. to talk about torture under george w. bush. speaking about george w. bush, a lot of comments on the bush library. bella says a library for what. for a coloring book or a pop-up pop-up -- picture book? i get it. this is a library to teach you how to read an upside down picture book. and on the senate, rick owning suggests i think somebody needs to start a campaign featuring unwanted posters. mugshots of senators and with a...
61
61
Jul 11, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 61
favorite 0
quote 0
>> jim's not here. i'm here. and later on we're going to talk
>> jim's not here. i'm here. and later on we're going to talk
150
150
Apr 19, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
>> jim we are on a little bit of a delay but the people being evacuated and we have seen a lot of families. >> is there a place, a bus they are getting on? where is their safe place that they are being evacuated from their home? >> you know, we are seeing a lot of people just walk the cars. there is one gentleman across the street loading his car with blank et cetera, but we have not seen any large scale way of transporting them from the scene. we have certainly not seen that. we have seen people walking down the street to other vehicles. i am trying to take a look down the street. i am not seeing anything that would -- anything out of the ordinary. >> you have to wonder. they are being advised not to the obvious streets. you have to feel for these families now. >> in the immediate area. friends, family. there is some which is understandable with an event like this. being through the riots in los angeles, i can remember the confusion among people, you know, living in the community. you don't know what to do. and looks like the police helicopters are up now at this point. but some people ha
>> jim we are on a little bit of a delay but the people being evacuated and we have seen a lot of families. >> is there a place, a bus they are getting on? where is their safe place that they are being evacuated from their home? >> you know, we are seeing a lot of people just walk the cars. there is one gentleman across the street loading his car with blank et cetera, but we have not seen any large scale way of transporting them from the scene. we have certainly not seen that....
128
128
May 2, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
jim is out in -- down in beverly hills, florida. i think of the other beverly hills. how you doing? >> caller: hey, bill, great. love your show. >> bill: thank you. we enjoy it. we have fun. >> caller: i have fun watching you. listen, ted cruz is an ultra conservative. yes, ted cruz is a jerk but i urge you to remember that 80 years ago in germany, there was an ultra right wing clown and jerk who everybody said had no chance of gaining any political leverage whatsoever and look what he went on to do. >> bill: i'm not sure i would make that analogy but we have elected jerks before, right? >> yes. we don't dare disregard the jerks. >> bill: but you know, getting elected in texas is one thing. getting elected nationwide -- and i think we've seen -- sorry your phone has that hum in it and just driving me crazy here. but i appreciate the call. but we've seen -- nationwide, state after state after state where the republican party has said -- remember karl rove is the one that most recently, who complained about this. he set up a new pac just -- he set up a new pac to raise money from repu
jim is out in -- down in beverly hills, florida. i think of the other beverly hills. how you doing? >> caller: hey, bill, great. love your show. >> bill: thank you. we enjoy it. we have fun. >> caller: i have fun watching you. listen, ted cruz is an ultra conservative. yes, ted cruz is a jerk but i urge you to remember that 80 years ago in germany, there was an ultra right wing clown and jerk who everybody said had no chance of gaining any political leverage whatsoever and...
87
87
Jul 18, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 87
favorite 0
quote 0
a lot like jim morrison in this picture. valley lee says families of those injured have a right to be upset. those injured are also upset. it is about the picture on the cover. and one more comment that we didn't have time to take the call on or couldn't wait on the line. joey says they have zimmerman's whole family in magazines and on the news. george zimmerman. why not have the bomber story too. >> bill: yeah. i've seen george zimmerman's brother one too many times i gotta tell you that. before we get back to your calls, an important message here that we are sad to tell you and sad to learn that as of monday, sirius x.m. will no longer be carrying this first hour of the "full court press" now. we are proud to be with you on your local progressive talk radio station and we still will be. proud to be with you on current tv and we still will be. we'll be losing you people who join us on sirius x.m. we want you to know it doesn't mean you have to go away. we don't want you to go away. stay with us. three ways you can do it. yo
a lot like jim morrison in this picture. valley lee says families of those injured have a right to be upset. those injured are also upset. it is about the picture on the cover. and one more comment that we didn't have time to take the call on or couldn't wait on the line. joey says they have zimmerman's whole family in magazines and on the news. george zimmerman. why not have the bomber story too. >> bill: yeah. i've seen george zimmerman's brother one too many times i gotta tell you...
120
120
Feb 4, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 120
favorite 0
quote 0
jim. july julia, turn the frog the other way around. >> all right. so, i have to give credit to steve and suzanne swindolman who hosted the super bowl party i attended here in washington, d.c. steve told me -- there is my source. right? that some people were upset that this might have come across as a racist commercial. but the government of jamacia okayed it. >> i loved it. i am actually, if you will disclosure, i am a proud vw owner. i drive a jetta. but i thought this was well-done. be happy. don't worry. >> in case some people might have been offended, they showed some officials to the jamaican government. they said all clear. susan patient holding out in seattle washington. >> what did you think of the game and the commercials? >> well i hated the game. i am from san francisco. >> bill: yeah. yeah. >> caller: but, you know, i liked the m & m's commercial. that was my favorite. >> bill: dan thought that was his favorite. >> top 5. >> caller: i liked the other did eatdoritos commercial. the vw one was good. >> the one we just played. >> caller: th
jim. july julia, turn the frog the other way around. >> all right. so, i have to give credit to steve and suzanne swindolman who hosted the super bowl party i attended here in washington, d.c. steve told me -- there is my source. right? that some people were upset that this might have come across as a racist commercial. but the government of jamacia okayed it. >> i loved it. i am actually, if you will disclosure, i am a proud vw owner. i drive a jetta. but i thought this was...
83
83
Apr 11, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 83
favorite 0
quote 0
you have to have that moral discussion which jim leads us into. >> bill: it's tricky, jim. i've always felt with my involvement in -- as a former seminarian and person of faith involved in politics, you don't want to enforce your morality on anybody else but at the same time, for certain issues, there is a moral dimension to these issues that you can't avoid and shouldn't avoid and maybe that's what we're talking about when we're talking about the common good. >> that's right. >> you're both raising really important questions here which we should unpack for a minute. first of all as a person of faith, i want to say religion has no monopoly on morality. i want people to hear me say that. >> bill: amen. >> when dr. king, when dr. king spoke, he didn't say i expect to win because i'm a christian in a judeio christian country. that's not what he did. he said i have to win debate. about the common good. i have to explain why a civil rights law in 1964, voting rights '65 is necessary not just for black baptists or jews but for the common good. so when religion wants to control to
you have to have that moral discussion which jim leads us into. >> bill: it's tricky, jim. i've always felt with my involvement in -- as a former seminarian and person of faith involved in politics, you don't want to enforce your morality on anybody else but at the same time, for certain issues, there is a moral dimension to these issues that you can't avoid and shouldn't avoid and maybe that's what we're talking about when we're talking about the common good. >> that's right....
116
116
Jul 8, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
follow jim at washingtonpost.com. i'll tell you what the president and vice president are up to today when we come back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ç] you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: okay, okay, okay. the next hour, will d
follow jim at washingtonpost.com. i'll tell you what the president and vice president are up to today when we come back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ç] you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would...
121
121
May 21, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 121
favorite 0
quote 0
tom coburn and jim inhofe. these guys, both of them, both of them, voted against providing aid to the victims of hurricane sandy. now, of course, they do want aid for the victims of moore oklahoma. and those people should get the help. but here's -- how long are we going to put up with these tea party types who rail against the federal government and then the first time they get in trouble put their hand out for the federal government? and we let them have it both ways and it businesses me off. why don't the people of new jersey and new york deserve the help as well as the people of oklahoma? of course they do! but tom coburn and jim inhofe, you know, all of these tea party types, federal government can't do anything. gotta shut down the federal government. we gotta cut the money out of fema. we can't just give out money to people who have been hit by a hurricane on the east coast. no, no no, no, no. we've gotta stop doing that, right? and they vote against everything until they get hit and then they want fema
tom coburn and jim inhofe. these guys, both of them, both of them, voted against providing aid to the victims of hurricane sandy. now, of course, they do want aid for the victims of moore oklahoma. and those people should get the help. but here's -- how long are we going to put up with these tea party types who rail against the federal government and then the first time they get in trouble put their hand out for the federal government? and we let them have it both ways and it businesses me off....
108
108
Jun 26, 2013
06/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 108
favorite 0
quote 0
jim, nice that you have maybe a week between special races or something here. so we'll let you kick back. we thank you for all of the good work you've done on this one and for sharing of some your insights with us this morning. good to have you with us. >> thanks, guys. >> bill: jim o'sullivan is political reporter and reporter up at the "boston globe." what a fun place to cover politics. >> no kidding. jim, these guys that are just every little thing they're deeply in it and really, really good. >> bill: we'll be back. the supreme court the big one on marriage equality. coming down today. we'll get into that and a whole lot more with you and neil king when we come back. >> go mobile with bill press. download podcasts at billpressshow.com and listen any time anywhere. this is the "bill press show." you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments
jim, nice that you have maybe a week between special races or something here. so we'll let you kick back. we thank you for all of the good work you've done on this one and for sharing of some your insights with us this morning. good to have you with us. >> thanks, guys. >> bill: jim o'sullivan is political reporter and reporter up at the "boston globe." what a fun place to cover politics. >> no kidding. jim, these guys that are just every little thing they're deeply...
240
240
Jan 8, 2013
01/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 240
favorite 0
quote 0
jim hormel takes his apology. barney frank has promised to work with and support lgbt members of the military and their families. once again republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham are playing politics with national security. it is disgusting. chuck hagel will make a great secretary of defense. hey, folks, have a good tuesday. come back again tomorrow. i'll have all of my voice back then.
jim hormel takes his apology. barney frank has promised to work with and support lgbt members of the military and their families. once again republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham are playing politics with national security. it is disgusting. chuck hagel will make a great secretary of defense. hey, folks, have a good tuesday. come back again tomorrow. i'll have all of my voice back then.
130
130
Feb 11, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> my friend, jim dale has won i don't know how many. i did every harry potter voice. every voice. incredible jamelle from the bill press spoken word. we've got a lot to cover starting with the pope. >> this is "the bill press show." made notice most of the stars at the awards last night were dressed much more conservatively than in previous years. more conservative. the reason. >> the reason for the standards and practices memo that cbs put out a couple of days ahead of time remaining that the broadcast was a family program and that they should take care to make sure their buttocks and female breasts were adequately covered. >> what about male breasts? >> you saw there was a guy that had the jacket on with no shirt on. they also said thong-type costumes would be problematic. >> thong type costumes. >> there you go. people cooperated. >> jay-lo and cher. >> although katie perry in the pictures i saw this morning was all for the -- she was showing an awful lot of upper body. >> yeah. >> kelly roland, destiny child had a dress that was a little revealing of the female bo
. >> my friend, jim dale has won i don't know how many. i did every harry potter voice. every voice. incredible jamelle from the bill press spoken word. we've got a lot to cover starting with the pope. >> this is "the bill press show." made notice most of the stars at the awards last night were dressed much more conservatively than in previous years. more conservative. the reason. >> the reason for the standards and practices memo that cbs put out a couple of days...
116
116
Aug 14, 2013
08/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
carlos will be replacing our jim ward today. he's out having a -- >> a colonoscopy. >> camera up the bum. >> stephanie: okay. and then hot brie in the city in hour number three. jacki schechner. >> i'm sure that's information jim wanted you to share with the world. >> stephanie: he doesn't care. oh, and i just booked you for jacki's healthcare corner next hour. >> oh, good to know. i'll have my people phone that in.
carlos will be replacing our jim ward today. he's out having a -- >> a colonoscopy. >> camera up the bum. >> stephanie: okay. and then hot brie in the city in hour number three. jacki schechner. >> i'm sure that's information jim wanted you to share with the world. >> stephanie: he doesn't care. oh, and i just booked you for jacki's healthcare corner next hour. >> oh, good to know. i'll have my people phone that in.
115
115
Jul 30, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 115
favorite 0
quote 0
jim, about another minute. i've got to ask you. numbers i saw last week, we talk about the minimum wage. poverty, 46.2 million americans living in poverty in this country. and a.p. reported that 80% of americans, four out of five americans have experienced some kind of economic insecurity in their lives. is this stunning for the richest country on earth, right? >> it is historic. and what it could do is bring us together. this is across racial lines. it is poor families, working class families who are working and not making enough money. white, black and hispanic. and this -- it goes to show us we've got to look at this as something happens to not just them but to us, to all of us. and if we can get behind something that really looks at how to change our infrastructure, the infrastructure of our country and of our families, these are mostly single mom families and they're struggling just to survive. they're all us now. no them anymore. it is all us. that's where this is a matter of solidarity and loving our neb as ourselves. it is
jim, about another minute. i've got to ask you. numbers i saw last week, we talk about the minimum wage. poverty, 46.2 million americans living in poverty in this country. and a.p. reported that 80% of americans, four out of five americans have experienced some kind of economic insecurity in their lives. is this stunning for the richest country on earth, right? >> it is historic. and what it could do is bring us together. this is across racial lines. it is poor families, working class...
99
99
Mar 4, 2013
03/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
jim, are you here? >> i am, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. bill is out today, but i am here, and i have got the whole team sitting here talking. so thank you for being here. this is the first day of the first sequester of the 21st century. [ laughter ] >> jamal: tell us what you think is going on. >> well nothing is super big going on so far. that's -- that's the big take out here, but no one expected it to be. the economy is still functioning, i expect the stock market to open today and not plummet, and i expect that we won't see thousands of people out of jobs today. but we will start seeing people with furlough notices, contracts will be canceled. there will be some on the ground things, but this is all going to take time to come through and in particular it is going to take time to work its way into cutting into the economy. >> jamal: jim, here is what is interesting to me. there's -- we are actually cutting $4 trillion out of the budget if you -- if you -- out of the budget deficit, if you add up all of the cuts so far that have been pas
jim, are you here? >> i am, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. bill is out today, but i am here, and i have got the whole team sitting here talking. so thank you for being here. this is the first day of the first sequester of the 21st century. [ laughter ] >> jamal: tell us what you think is going on. >> well nothing is super big going on so far. that's -- that's the big take out here, but no one expected it to be. the economy is still functioning, i...
85
85
May 29, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 85
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> i will say by the way, last week we had jim graves who ran against her last time around and damn close to beating her. he's running again. and he's a great guy. very smart. knows his stuff. he was in studio with us last week. he looks like he'll be the democratic nominee. >> do you think she could be just avoiding that or -- of course she doesn't do what anyone asks her to do. but it would seem to me why give up that seat. it's a republican seat or should be because of the way it's drawn, but why give that up? now you get kind of a sane republican now. the question is can you find a sane republican. >> that's a very good question. you know, i think part of what's on with her she knows that she's vulnerable. she came close to losing. she won, i'll give her credit but she came close to losing. and people really liked graves and he's pulling better now than before. that could be an upset for her. if she gets out now she didn't get beat. >> first thing you do when you're under investigation you get out. that way it takes the whole equation off the table. it seems to me as she debates
. >> i will say by the way, last week we had jim graves who ran against her last time around and damn close to beating her. he's running again. and he's a great guy. very smart. knows his stuff. he was in studio with us last week. he looks like he'll be the democratic nominee. >> do you think she could be just avoiding that or -- of course she doesn't do what anyone asks her to do. but it would seem to me why give up that seat. it's a republican seat or should be because of the way...
205
205
May 22, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 205
favorite 0
quote 2
jim inhofe and tom coburn, fema's biggest opponents in congress have consistently voted against anymore funding for fema. but fortunately, the people of oklahoma will still get all of the help they need from fema because most members of congress are not as cold-hearted as tom coburn and jim inhover. but you know, i think from now on, there should be a rule. you can't vote against relief for people in other parts of the country and then stick out your hand for federal dollars once disaster hits your own state. that's only a fair rule, don't you think? [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: hello current tv land. jacki schechner, you're my higher power in the current news center and i have a confession to make. i'm officially a spinaholic. i'm going every day now. >> every day? you were spinning every day but now you're a soul cycle. >> we mentioned a brand name. >> oops! not like i was wanting free classes for anything. >> what? [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> stephanie: we
jim inhofe and tom coburn, fema's biggest opponents in congress have consistently voted against anymore funding for fema. but fortunately, the people of oklahoma will still get all of the help they need from fema because most members of congress are not as cold-hearted as tom coburn and jim inhover. but you know, i think from now on, there should be a rule. you can't vote against relief for people in other parts of the country and then stick out your hand for federal dollars once disaster hits...
194
194
Apr 29, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 194
favorite 0
quote 0
no one else spoke out on it. >> jim says why wouldn't the sequester prevent us from being involved in syria? a sequester war. >> you asked about the gun safety. writing about it. >> it's sedentary until after february, 14, the mid turn election depending upon how the election goes. a vote afterward, joe manshon was one of the shows yesterday. in doing the co sponsor. this deal, they are going to work it where people just if you are a criminal, you probably won't like it. so they are waiting to see. it may be that they have heard from some constituents. there might be a couple willing to change their votes. how do you read it? >> i have to applaud senator mancion for being a tree profile in courage. come from a red state where the nra nra can make a difference in his next election has stuck his neck out here and pat toomey too. i think there is hope. what's different for the gun bill than from the others is there is a palpable anger out there. someone said the support, maybe 90% for background checks but generally itself support. congress, not to let the nra. >> that's different now. g
no one else spoke out on it. >> jim says why wouldn't the sequester prevent us from being involved in syria? a sequester war. >> you asked about the gun safety. writing about it. >> it's sedentary until after february, 14, the mid turn election depending upon how the election goes. a vote afterward, joe manshon was one of the shows yesterday. in doing the co sponsor. this deal, they are going to work it where people just if you are a criminal, you probably won't like it. so...
99
99
Jun 7, 2013
06/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
jim is calling from mandan. is that right? mandan north dakota. hey, jim, what do you say? >> bill: >> caller: i think it's kind of disingenuous we have a right to own inanimate objects but don't for healthcare and things like that, that we need but we give up our constitutional rights every time we go to the store. we can't carry a gun into a court house or to a hospital or to work. i mean we sign away our constitutional rights tojust to get jobs or loans or anything else. i think it's a little bit disingenuous to say that the constitution is in jeopardy when we give it up all the time just in our daily lives >> bill: you and i would disagree, jim, on what the constitution -- what constitute constitutional rights mean, certainly in the indicates of the second amendment. i don't think we have a right to carry a church into a court reporter or a church or a convenience store but we certainly do, i think, as americans, have to fight to maintain what constitutional right that we've got. we have talking mainly hear about the fourth amendment and the right of privacy which i thi
jim is calling from mandan. is that right? mandan north dakota. hey, jim, what do you say? >> bill: >> caller: i think it's kind of disingenuous we have a right to own inanimate objects but don't for healthcare and things like that, that we need but we give up our constitutional rights every time we go to the store. we can't carry a gun into a court house or to a hospital or to work. i mean we sign away our constitutional rights tojust to get jobs or loans or anything else. i think...
145
145
Feb 1, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 145
favorite 0
quote 0
he has taken that position from jim demint. let's take a listen to what he said and how awful he took the senator hagle's words out of context. >> you explicitly agreed with the characterization of the united states as the world's bully, and i would suggest that is not a characterization i think the united states has spilled more blood more treasurer standing for freedom liberating people across the world and to go on al-jerzeera, broadcasting propaganda to nations hostile to us and agree with the characterization of the united states as "the world's bully," i would suggest is not the conduct one would expect of a secretary of defense. >> that's insane. >> this guy has been senator for a couple of days. >> that's some big cajones. >> some? use cajones with stupidity. >> when you start, you keep your mouth shut. slowly grind away. have you heard anything from elizabeth warren? she's been real quiet. >> bill made the point yesterday, i think, you look at what hillary clinton did when she was elected. >> she did it. >> and look at
he has taken that position from jim demint. let's take a listen to what he said and how awful he took the senator hagle's words out of context. >> you explicitly agreed with the characterization of the united states as the world's bully, and i would suggest that is not a characterization i think the united states has spilled more blood more treasurer standing for freedom liberating people across the world and to go on al-jerzeera, broadcasting propaganda to nations hostile to us and agree...
114
114
Jun 14, 2013
06/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
jim, welcome to the show. >> richard, thanks for having me. i think your listeners want to hear from abruns bruins fan. we are coming back tomorrow night is my prediction. >> best of luck to you, jim. >> boston strong. >> i got to tell you i am still one. >> that's okay. >>> the president was there. he is a blackhawks fan. >> sure. >> he was there there week campaigning for ed markey what do you think it will have on this race? >> the president is a very effective figure to rile the base to get folks who might not be paying attention to an off year election in june. it's a tough time to learn, centrist and moderate and casual vote voters. it's in june. the president's a very effective figure. >> you have seen the president campaign in massachusetts before. he campaigned for martha cokely. that didn't turn out too well. >> yes. >> we all know i think, the cokely campaign was a hot mess. they tried -- they do didn't do as much as they should. scott brown didn't have the momentum. does he had markey having momentum eight days, 11 days away? >> i
jim, welcome to the show. >> richard, thanks for having me. i think your listeners want to hear from abruns bruins fan. we are coming back tomorrow night is my prediction. >> best of luck to you, jim. >> boston strong. >> i got to tell you i am still one. >> that's okay. >>> the president was there. he is a blackhawks fan. >> sure. >> he was there there week campaigning for ed markey what do you think it will have on this race? >> the...
87
87
May 14, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 87
favorite 0
quote 0
they have a new -- jim demint, the mr. tea party in the senate. now head of the heritage foundation has really turned what was a right wing -- a right wing research organization. >> legitimate. >> right wing political attack machine now. >> he's really taking a turn to the right with heritage. didn't think that was possible. >> bill: exactly. he's really all the way there. you know, i think if anyone is excited about different news this week, it has to be demint and heritage who had a very bad week last week. they released that immigration report which found that reform is going to cause some $6.3 trillion. it was discovered that the report was co-authored by a guy who believes that hispanic and latino people have lower i.q.s. he has since resigned. and we at think progress -- >> bill: he was forced to walk the plank. >> after like four days, this wasn't immediate action. they were struckelling what to do with this racist. and we went through all of the other things that heritage staffers, including jim demint believed that are not only conservati
they have a new -- jim demint, the mr. tea party in the senate. now head of the heritage foundation has really turned what was a right wing -- a right wing research organization. >> legitimate. >> right wing political attack machine now. >> he's really taking a turn to the right with heritage. didn't think that was possible. >> bill: exactly. he's really all the way there. you know, i think if anyone is excited about different news this week, it has to be demint and...
141
141
Jul 31, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 0
live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: yesterday, jim wallis was here, reverend jim wallis talking about the faith community behind immigration reform. tom bead says it is entraining to see evangelicals finally embracing the undocumented. how long until they embrace the lgbt community as well? good point. president obama went to an amazon fulfillment center in chattanooga, tennessee yesterday. russell says i have nothing good to say for amazon. i worked for them a few years ago in a distribution warehouse near chicago. they're nonunion and a sweatshop. okay. >> bill: and on eric holder, i've been critical of him and this says bill, at age 80, i'm proud to say i wake up with you every morning. what a lucky old broad i am. she's a big fan of eric holder and says i am wrong to criticize him for not doing enough about enforcing the voting rights act. >> bill: ann, on that issue, he's been pretty good. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ] >> bill: the city of san diego is now suingity mayor, bob filner because they say they don't want to pay all of his legal bills.
live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: yesterday, jim wallis was here, reverend jim wallis talking about the faith community behind immigration reform. tom bead says it is entraining to see evangelicals finally embracing the undocumented. how long until they embrace the lgbt community as well? good point. president obama went to an amazon fulfillment center in chattanooga, tennessee yesterday. russell says i have nothing good to say for amazon. i worked for them a few years ago in a...
134
134
Jan 30, 2013
01/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 134
favorite 0
quote 0
brother is right on the this one. >> i don't agree with that but i like jim's comments, you know jim said little jack is going to be playing football. right? one less kid to compete against. i like that comment. ball is a great game. and anybody that's played the game knows what a great game is and what it provides for young people, what it provided for people like me, you know an opportunity to grow as a person. >> tell us john, how great is ball really? >> basically, you know, you have an opportunity to make your first tackle or make your first block or do something in football because it's such a tough thing. it's a little bit of a manhood test and when you get done you can say i am a football player. that makes me special a little bit. i think it's a huge part of our educational system in this country, and it's going to be around for a long time. >> guess what. i was on the debate team in high school. makes me special. let's not go. >> a little over the top. >> what do you think? is the president right in the 866-55-press. you have to admit. ball is a violent game. no doubt about
brother is right on the this one. >> i don't agree with that but i like jim's comments, you know jim said little jack is going to be playing football. right? one less kid to compete against. i like that comment. ball is a great game. and anybody that's played the game knows what a great game is and what it provides for young people, what it provided for people like me, you know an opportunity to grow as a person. >> tell us john, how great is ball really? >> basically, you...
765
765
Mar 19, 2013
03/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 765
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> despite all of the notoriety and at attention he got facing jim demint that was not one of the most successful political careers. >> bill: lindsey graham has become so far right, you know, you can't get to the right of him anymore, because he is afraid of his own shadow, but has anybody filed against him or is he just making it up? >> no. no. and of course filing won't open until march of next year and nobody has really even emerged, though there are tea party forces and libertarian forces here in the republican party who are small but vocal and pretty organized and they would love to get a credible candidate up against him. in fact they would love to change the rules of the primary so it's done at a convention than a primary itself but here is the wrinkle. one thing i think that is working in senator graham's favor is also in 2014 in the republican primary there -- that's a race that both ken scott and nikki haley have to clear as well. so it's going to be a very big deal -- very big political year in south carolina because ken scott is filling out only the next two years of jim de
. >> despite all of the notoriety and at attention he got facing jim demint that was not one of the most successful political careers. >> bill: lindsey graham has become so far right, you know, you can't get to the right of him anymore, because he is afraid of his own shadow, but has anybody filed against him or is he just making it up? >> no. no. and of course filing won't open until march of next year and nobody has really even emerged, though there are tea party forces and...
150
150
Aug 2, 2013
08/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
i love what jim moran had to say. congressman from northern virginia, democratic congressman from just across the river here. he basically said to chuck schumer hey, chill, chuck. >> i think highly of chuck schumer but no, he's overreacting. this guy is not a hero but i don't want to make him a martyr either. i hear from a number of people like that in my own district who are passionate but imbalanced in their perspective and immature. i think living in russia will be a very maturing experience for mr. snowden. >> bill: good boy. good boy. we haven't had jim moran in the studio for awhile. >> great reason to have him in. >> bill: he's great. >> a very maturing experience. yeah, i'll say! >> bill: i've been to russia. i wouldn't want to live there. i'll tell ya. the real deal is this. and by the way, check out my column at billpressshow.com today if you have a chance because i've written a column about bradley manning which relates to edward snowden. i bring snowden into the column as well. and basically, the point of
i love what jim moran had to say. congressman from northern virginia, democratic congressman from just across the river here. he basically said to chuck schumer hey, chill, chuck. >> i think highly of chuck schumer but no, he's overreacting. this guy is not a hero but i don't want to make him a martyr either. i hear from a number of people like that in my own district who are passionate but imbalanced in their perspective and immature. i think living in russia will be a very maturing...
114
114
Apr 12, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
but yesterday, jim wallace from sew journers was here and he joined other faceith leaders. they planted crosses and stars of david in front of the capitol yesterday representing the 3300 people who have been shot and killed, gun violence since newtown, connection, december 14th. >> it really is extraordinary and i think that that's important. our faith leaders have really stepped up here. you know doing something on gun trafficking trafficking, making sure criminals can't use straw purchases purchasers before one a washington post report said was responsible for most of the guns that were used in criminal activity in the metropolitan region. this is true in every metropolitan region. the responsible gun dealers, responsible gun owners who, themselves, go through background checks. my goodness. if they do it, so should everyone. that will ensure that we can keep guns out of the hands of people who don't need them. congresswoman donna edwards. down at the whitehouse when the president unveiled his budget congressman keith ellison was with us yesterday talking about the budget
but yesterday, jim wallace from sew journers was here and he joined other faceith leaders. they planted crosses and stars of david in front of the capitol yesterday representing the 3300 people who have been shot and killed, gun violence since newtown, connection, december 14th. >> it really is extraordinary and i think that that's important. our faith leaders have really stepped up here. you know doing something on gun trafficking trafficking, making sure criminals can't use straw...
293
293
Jul 2, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 293
favorite 0
quote 0
jim is calling from albuquerque new mexico. hey, jim you're up. >> caller: good morning, everybody. my son has a ton of student loans and i just wanted to say it all ties in with the sequester. i'm a federal worker out here, local afg2263 life-long democrat, i've been working since the carter administration so that means i went through reagan, the bushes, clinton, i have never faced what i'm facing now and my furlough days start next monday. i'm so disappointed with barack obama even though i voted for him, it is hard for me to think about voting democrat again but i would never vote republican. >> bill: well, i hear you jim. i hear your frustration. i don't think you can blame president obama for the sequester. he didn't want it. he talked against it. he pleaded with congress not to let it happen. but it did happen. but you can see that compound compounding, the difficulty. thanks, jim, for the call. compounding the difficulties on a family like his. he's losing part of his benefits and salary and at the same time, his son is trying to pay off his student loans. >> right. you know
jim is calling from albuquerque new mexico. hey, jim you're up. >> caller: good morning, everybody. my son has a ton of student loans and i just wanted to say it all ties in with the sequester. i'm a federal worker out here, local afg2263 life-long democrat, i've been working since the carter administration so that means i went through reagan, the bushes, clinton, i have never faced what i'm facing now and my furlough days start next monday. i'm so disappointed with barack obama even...
131
131
Apr 8, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 2
jim from las vegas. i am on my way to las vegas back again. i love las vegas too. >> bill, the president is a connoisseur of good-looking women. when his wife was out campaigning, we didn't say -- he did say what a wonderful first lady she is but said what a beautiful, smart intelligent and then got back to beautiful. what an excellent first lady. she is classy and the president knows. he is a judge. he knows america's best looking women. i see no reason that he had to apologize. he knows a good-looking woman. >> he does and he's married to one by the way, i like the fact that you take the analogy to michelle. she, also, is very smart, very tough, very organized, very focused, very articulate and she happens to be probably the best looking first lady in our lifetime. >> yeah. i agree with all of those things. >> and she is tall, too. >> she is. yeah. and she's really outstanding. all right. sunday talks shows. what are the sunday talk shows all about? shifting gears here, follow me. get excellent opinion about the weighty issues of the day. wh
jim from las vegas. i am on my way to las vegas back again. i love las vegas too. >> bill, the president is a connoisseur of good-looking women. when his wife was out campaigning, we didn't say -- he did say what a wonderful first lady she is but said what a beautiful, smart intelligent and then got back to beautiful. what an excellent first lady. she is classy and the president knows. he is a judge. he knows america's best looking women. i see no reason that he had to apologize. he knows...
176
176
May 3, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 176
favorite 0
quote 0
jim ward out sick today. good morning jacki schechner. >> woe, good morning, that's a lot of information. >> stephanie: right. >> 100% was jim and then 3,000% was john. >> stephanie: and i'll talk about being on cnn last night
jim ward out sick today. good morning jacki schechner. >> woe, good morning, that's a lot of information. >> stephanie: right. >> 100% was jim and then 3,000% was john. >> stephanie: and i'll talk about being on cnn last night
67
67
Jul 22, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 67
favorite 0
quote 0
hey, thanks, jim. greetings to all of our good friends in madison. and greg farmer says why do you call it obamacare? it is the affordable care act. >> bill: president obama calls it obamacare. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody. what do you say? it is the "full court press" here on monday, july 22. great to see you this morning and welcome to the "full court press." we're coming to you live on current tv, of course, all across this great land of ours. here in -- here to take your comments by phone at 1-866-55-press. on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow here in washington, d.c., everybody is still buzzing about president obama's comments friday afternoon on the verdict in the trayvon martin case. for the first time, he spoke as an african-american to white america, explaining how because of their personal experience, african-americans will always see this case differently than white americans. meanwhile, the president goes back on the road this week trying
hey, thanks, jim. greetings to all of our good friends in madison. and greg farmer says why do you call it obamacare? it is the affordable care act. >> bill: president obama calls it obamacare. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody. what do you say? it is the "full court press" here on monday, july 22. great to see you this morning and welcome to the "full court press." we're coming to...
92
92
Jun 18, 2013
06/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 92
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> bill: jim is the head of the teamsters. >> i don't want to be disrespectful. >> bill: no, yeah. >> somebody of ancient times. this is a real person who has family and still has to be heart wrenching to keep reading it. >> bill: jim hoffa is a good friend of mine. i've never talked to him about this. i wonder how they feel about the fact there's still this circus of getting all of the people out looking for the body and they don't find it and it goes away for a couple of years. somebody else comes up for a tip. >> i don't know how you would have closure when you have this kind of on-going. the fact is no one knows what really happens. >> bill: after all this time. >> ben cohen of ben & jerry's ice cream will be here in washington today looking to get the money out of politics. the ice cream star will be at his store at une station and on capitol hill where he will be handing out not just ice cream but dollar bills stamped with phrases like stamp money out of politics. he tells "the huffington post" he's doing this to raise aware witness overturning citizens united to. show money
. >> bill: jim is the head of the teamsters. >> i don't want to be disrespectful. >> bill: no, yeah. >> somebody of ancient times. this is a real person who has family and still has to be heart wrenching to keep reading it. >> bill: jim hoffa is a good friend of mine. i've never talked to him about this. i wonder how they feel about the fact there's still this circus of getting all of the people out looking for the body and they don't find it and it goes away for a...
73
73
May 20, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 73
favorite 0
quote 0
jim webb gave a superb speech a broad ranging speech on history and patriotism. it was valley superb. anybody wants to go to the virginia website, both of them are featured there. both speeches were really worth it. >> that's not always true on graduation weekend. >> talking about it. >> i had an executescuse not to pay any attention. >> neither one spoke at the graduation? >> no. they were otherwise engaged and nominated. that was quite a con convention. no case about it. >> it all depends on how far turnout falls for the presidential. it's all you need to know. virginia, as a whole, has become a very purple state, even purplish blue in presidential eleks. obama has carried it twice and handi handily. i know peter knows village well and you do, bill. the i know credible thing about virginia is it was the least representative state for the longest time. now, twice in presidential e elections, it has come the closest of the 50 states to the national average of the presidential vote. but that was a big turnout, over 70 persons. the last time we had a governor's ele
jim webb gave a superb speech a broad ranging speech on history and patriotism. it was valley superb. anybody wants to go to the virginia website, both of them are featured there. both speeches were really worth it. >> that's not always true on graduation weekend. >> talking about it. >> i had an executescuse not to pay any attention. >> neither one spoke at the graduation? >> no. they were otherwise engaged and nominated. that was quite a con convention. no case...
484
484
Aug 15, 2013
08/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 484
favorite 0
quote 0
good men and women of the teamsters union under president jim hoffa. we live better because of their good work. you can find out more about what they're up to. the teamsters involved in a lot of different aspects of our economy. check out their web site at teamster.org. you know, our last day on current tv, we want to reach out and bring you some of our best friends and our best-look friends here. have their best and last chance to be on current tv as well as our radio station. brad wood house is one of them. former communications director of the dnc. now he's the president of americans united for change. mr. president, nice to see you. >> thank you so much. >> bill: tell us about americans united for change. >> well, folks may remember, may not, george bush back about eight years ago tried to privatize social security. there was an organization started to defeat that. as americans united to protect social security at the time. and it morphed into americans united for change. i ran it before i went to the dnc and then they gave me the opportunity to co
good men and women of the teamsters union under president jim hoffa. we live better because of their good work. you can find out more about what they're up to. the teamsters involved in a lot of different aspects of our economy. check out their web site at teamster.org. you know, our last day on current tv, we want to reach out and bring you some of our best friends and our best-look friends here. have their best and last chance to be on current tv as well as our radio station. brad wood house...
168
168
Jun 5, 2013
06/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 1
and where is jim? what have you done with jim? >> oh there's jim. >> stephanie: there's jim. momma takes one day off and what has happened? >> how did your
and where is jim? what have you done with jim? >> oh there's jim. >> stephanie: there's jim. momma takes one day off and what has happened? >> how did your
135
135
Jul 29, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
and jim says poverty is why the top 1% thinks there's no racism left in this country. they don't care what color are you if you're poor. >> bill: again, it is stunning to me in light of these numbers that, the priority for the republicans is still to give the wealthiest of americans another tax break to make matters worse rather than doing anything about these people who are really hurting. down in sebring, florida, hi, laura. >> caller: good morning, bill. good morning, peter. >> hey, hey. >> caller: you just hit it on the head. i was just going to say that. of the tax breaks, trickle down, what was that all about? there's nothing trickling down. >> bill: no. we get the down, not the trickle. >> caller: president obama said he wants to give these oil companies and the big corporations -- he wants to stop them from getting the tax breaks, loopholes. but see, the republicans are twisting it. they're saying oh, you're raising taxes, because you're giving them a tax break. you're doing away with the tax breaks. they're calling that raising taxes. >> bill: i know. i know.
and jim says poverty is why the top 1% thinks there's no racism left in this country. they don't care what color are you if you're poor. >> bill: again, it is stunning to me in light of these numbers that, the priority for the republicans is still to give the wealthiest of americans another tax break to make matters worse rather than doing anything about these people who are really hurting. down in sebring, florida, hi, laura. >> caller: good morning, bill. good morning, peter....
120
120
Feb 26, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 120
favorite 0
quote 0
jim is calling from albuquerque new mexico. hey, jim. >> caller: good morning, bill. i'm a federal worker from local afge out here in albuquerque. i wanted to make a comment. you know, right now the republicans will not cut the subsidies to the oil companies. >> bill: right. >> caller: we're at their whim right now. have you seen the price of gas? do the republicans have to pump their own gas? i don't understand that. why can't we cut that but yet the oil companies by this summer will be charging me $5 a gallon for a gallon of gas. >> bill: the problem is the republicans are owned by the oil companies, you know that. that's why -- just taking away the tax breaks that they have enjoyed for decades when they're making the biggest profits ever in the history of the oil industry. and republicans still won't do that. jim, good to hear from you. afge, great union and my union brother. thanks for checking in. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinki
jim is calling from albuquerque new mexico. hey, jim. >> caller: good morning, bill. i'm a federal worker from local afge out here in albuquerque. i wanted to make a comment. you know, right now the republicans will not cut the subsidies to the oil companies. >> bill: right. >> caller: we're at their whim right now. have you seen the price of gas? do the republicans have to pump their own gas? i don't understand that. why can't we cut that but yet the oil companies by this...
100
100
May 24, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 100
favorite 0
quote 0
goodmen and women of the teamstersun juvenility we live better because of their good work under president jim hoffa. find out more about what they are up to at teamster.org the economy. the maverick markets have been doing great. seemingly set new records every day for the most part. derrick thompson covers economic issues for the atlantic based in new york. senior editor. give him his due but when it comes to washington, d.c., he stops by to see us. >> good to be back >> bill: what is going on with the market? it's like nothing slows them down? >> it's interesting, for the last three years we have this a thermostatic recovery, added about 150, 165,000 jobs per month. but it's only in the last six months really that the dow has really gotten on a kick. >> yeah. >> you know, corporations are healthy. they managed finances frugally. often, they didn't hire a lot of people. frugal from the corporate perspective and not the best possible scenario from the rest of the country's perspective and now they have they have they are reaping the dividends and we are seeing corporate profits as a share of
goodmen and women of the teamstersun juvenility we live better because of their good work under president jim hoffa. find out more about what they are up to at teamster.org the economy. the maverick markets have been doing great. seemingly set new records every day for the most part. derrick thompson covers economic issues for the atlantic based in new york. senior editor. give him his due but when it comes to washington, d.c., he stops by to see us. >> good to be back >> bill: what...
85
85
May 30, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 85
favorite 0
quote 0
she almost lost to her democratic opponent, jim graves, who was in studio with us right here last week. and that she is behind in the polls to him or was, at least until yesterday. now she's no longer a candidate. >> not to mention all of her former -- >> bill: she raised $15 million running against jim graves and he almost beat her. >> all of her former presidential campaign staff and staffers, they're all sort of coming out and saying -- >> bill: what a shrew she was to work for. >> exactly. >> bill: we will miss michele bachmann because i mean, who -- again, who we turn to for laughs and who represents how far republican -- how far republicans are willing to go and what they're willing to say. i mean, right? this is michele bachmann who said that president obama in 2008, had anti-american -- then candidate obama had anti-american views. this is a woman who talked to one woman outside a campaign event and then went on national television to say that the hpv vaccine caused mental retardation. this is the same woman who said that because of the census, the census might lead to a return
she almost lost to her democratic opponent, jim graves, who was in studio with us right here last week. and that she is behind in the polls to him or was, at least until yesterday. now she's no longer a candidate. >> not to mention all of her former -- >> bill: she raised $15 million running against jim graves and he almost beat her. >> all of her former presidential campaign staff and staffers, they're all sort of coming out and saying -- >> bill: what a shrew she was...
121
121
Feb 12, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 121
favorite 0
quote 0
do you remember jim brown? every play, remember jim brown for the cleveland -- all right. let's talk something else here. we need women on the show that might get us on track. >> bill: all right sports fans enough sports talk. this big -- this big pageantry tonight -- i gotta start here senator because this is the thing that bugs the hell out of me today. it is a tradition starting with ronald reagan and lenny sputnik. you remember that. >> the guy in the gallery. >> bill: guest of honor. people you would be proud of and people we want to thank and respect. steve stockman tonight this congressman from texas has invited ted nugent to be his guest at the state of the union. here's ted nugent at a concert last year. talking about president obama. >> obama. suck on this. obama. he's a piece of [ bleep ] >> bill: he says obama you may want to suck on one of these, you bum and calls him a piece of crap. this guy is a guest at the state of the union? >> i think the best thing to do with him is never talk about him. to ignore him tonight. to ignore him on the show. to just -- it i
do you remember jim brown? every play, remember jim brown for the cleveland -- all right. let's talk something else here. we need women on the show that might get us on track. >> bill: all right sports fans enough sports talk. this big -- this big pageantry tonight -- i gotta start here senator because this is the thing that bugs the hell out of me today. it is a tradition starting with ronald reagan and lenny sputnik. you remember that. >> the guy in the gallery. >> bill:...
125
125
May 6, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 125
favorite 0
quote 0
those participating include donna edwards, petter welch, jim mcdermott and jerry conley. also there are some members of the media performing as well. our friend if from the hill bob kusak will be on stage. major garrett from cbs and chris matthews from msnbc. >> it's fun. i did it one year. >> what did you perform? >> i forget. >> audition. >> kitty kelly and i did something together. >> another day, another celebrity on the hill today. matthew perry, star of the farm former hit show friends, speaking at a prescription drug abuse. he has been open about his battle with his battle with prescription drugs. he has been at dc several times the last year to talk about it. he says the only reason he comes to town, though and he will nerve run for office saying i think i have been to rehab too many times to be able to run for. >> dan thank you, secretary spoke, the court spoke the president spoke about this morning after pill. they said all age restriction should be lifted. it should be over-the-counter and she overruled her own scientists says there is not enough evidence xwrir
those participating include donna edwards, petter welch, jim mcdermott and jerry conley. also there are some members of the media performing as well. our friend if from the hill bob kusak will be on stage. major garrett from cbs and chris matthews from msnbc. >> it's fun. i did it one year. >> what did you perform? >> i forget. >> audition. >> kitty kelly and i did something together. >> another day, another celebrity on the hill today. matthew perry, star of...
150
150
Jan 16, 2013
01/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
here we go middle of the week january 16th, jim lowe today here in our nation's capitol. >> that's where you will find us coming to you live from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c., our nation's capitol. we are just down the street from the united states capitol building. the house is back in session, and the white house, if you will of activity these days. the senate is still out, but everybody gearing up for the big announcement at the whitehouse today on the president's efforts to reduce gun violence coming out of the joe biden task force. great to see you today. we've got lots and lots. >> that's not the only thing we have to talk about. we will bring you up to everything happening in our nation's country and give you a chance to sound off. you know, you get up. you find out what's going on, it pisses you off or makes you happy or whatever. tell us what it means to you and your family. give us a call at 866-55-press. >> that's our toe-free number. you can follow us on twitter. we invite you to at bp show and on facebook. everybody is on facebook these days including us fa
here we go middle of the week january 16th, jim lowe today here in our nation's capitol. >> that's where you will find us coming to you live from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c., our nation's capitol. we are just down the street from the united states capitol building. the house is back in session, and the white house, if you will of activity these days. the senate is still out, but everybody gearing up for the big announcement at the whitehouse today on the president's...
101
101
May 8, 2013
05/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 101
favorite 0
quote 0
they should get two imminent -- the people we could trust, george mitchell and a jim baker. let them look at the record and give us a report this is the death of a sdmroment diplomat. have two people diplomat in the. >> focus on the people who did the attack rather than the people who were attacked this is going to be a sore spot. it's going to be one more in the list of issues that right wingers view as part of the grand conspiracy of the evil government and you will never push those folks back. get a good record about what did and didn't happen. critique the performance of people involved and move on to the next issue. >> bill: i think that's the only way. it wasn't satisfactory everybody. most people and be able to move on as we do have to do right now. eliot spitzer, thank you for being with us. >> enjoy wednesday mornings wouldn't be the same if i couldn't be here. >> bill: talk to you on the next one then. we will we will be back. see you. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the d
they should get two imminent -- the people we could trust, george mitchell and a jim baker. let them look at the record and give us a report this is the death of a sdmroment diplomat. have two people diplomat in the. >> focus on the people who did the attack rather than the people who were attacked this is going to be a sore spot. it's going to be one more in the list of issues that right wingers view as part of the grand conspiracy of the evil government and you will never push those...
213
213
Feb 25, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 213
favorite 0
quote 1
jim says -- tweetingat @bp show.com. it's unconscionable they are not participating in cuts. they seem to immunize themselves from the laws they have passed. they will take, take take. when it comes time to turn it on themselves, they can cut a little from their own bucket, they are not willing to do that. >> no. i don't think any -- if we are going to do this i don't think anybody, anybody should be exempt. i mean if it makes since, follow the logic. right? if it makes sense to cut 13%, 9%, 20 %, whatever it is across the board. the meat-ax approach then you don't spare anybody. right? that should be the law. that should be the way it works. sandsra in atlantic city new jersey. how are you? >> i am good. >> thanks. i was commenting wanted to comment on what the previous caller said. congress makes these laws for other people. they don't share our pain. they don't know what it is to be without. it's just heart breaking that they won't do their job. >> that's what people cents them there for to do their job. it's like they are there to do what's best for the country, too. ther
jim says -- tweetingat @bp show.com. it's unconscionable they are not participating in cuts. they seem to immunize themselves from the laws they have passed. they will take, take take. when it comes time to turn it on themselves, they can cut a little from their own bucket, they are not willing to do that. >> no. i don't think any -- if we are going to do this i don't think anybody, anybody should be exempt. i mean if it makes since, follow the logic. right? if it makes sense to cut 13%,...
126
126
Apr 2, 2013
04/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 126
favorite 0
quote 0
loads of amendments. >> bill: jim menhoff yesterday said not so fast on me. it won't be automatic. i want to see what's in the bill. which is not a crazy statement. i would hope every senator would want to see what's in the bill before they vote on it. from him, it is an indication he's not going -- we saw one member of the house yesterday i'm forgetting now which -- the name of this guy. who said that immigrants are like -- this is like a sinking ship. they're sinking our ship, right. ware like a ship -- >> stockman from texas. >> bill: that's water pouring in. all of the immigrants, pouring across the border. they're going to sink the ship. so not all republicans are on board i guess is what i'm getting at. >> you mention the house. it is like let's talk about the house for a second. even if it gets through the senate, what are the chances it will get through the house. i think the last time i was on here angie kelly was here as well and we were talking about the issue. and it might end up that john boehner has to bring it up into different pieces, you know. a border security pie
loads of amendments. >> bill: jim menhoff yesterday said not so fast on me. it won't be automatic. i want to see what's in the bill. which is not a crazy statement. i would hope every senator would want to see what's in the bill before they vote on it. from him, it is an indication he's not going -- we saw one member of the house yesterday i'm forgetting now which -- the name of this guy. who said that immigrants are like -- this is like a sinking ship. they're sinking our ship, right....
129
129
Mar 18, 2013
03/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 129
favorite 0
quote 0
marco rubio and jim demint both mentioned marriage in their speeches, but they didn't say we should have a constitutional amendment, instead they said the supreme court shouldn't force everyone to recognize gay marriage. that's a huge change. >> bill: hum. christie, the fact that he got is 7% was this a concern rump group at the convention saying we do have to change and have somebody who has maybe more of an every man kind of approach? >> not getting invited was sort of a gift to chris christie. he is up for reelection in new jersey a state that obama just won by 18 points. so if he had come it is actually very likely he would have gotten booed, but there were a lot of people who were upset that someone like donald trump came but not chris christie. >> bill: so he is winning both ways? >> yeah. and he has plenty of time to re reingratiate himself with the republican party. >> bill: james hohmann great to see you have. >> great to see you. >> bill: i'll be back with the parting shot for today. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ when many soles pass through the most trodden
marco rubio and jim demint both mentioned marriage in their speeches, but they didn't say we should have a constitutional amendment, instead they said the supreme court shouldn't force everyone to recognize gay marriage. that's a huge change. >> bill: hum. christie, the fact that he got is 7% was this a concern rump group at the convention saying we do have to change and have somebody who has maybe more of an every man kind of approach? >> not getting invited was sort of a gift to...
139
139
Feb 6, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 139
favorite 0
quote 0
there are some folks like jim inhofe, the ranking member on the senate armed services, who will vote no. >> is itt doesn't have to be 100%. >> the bottom line is there aren't enough republicans out there saying no. and there aren't any democrats saying they are not going to back him in order to make the confirmation not a reality. >> it looks like -- tell me if i am wrong. it looks to me with john mccain like it's gotten personal. john mccain is trying to prove he was right about the surge. he was wrong about the surge. >> so uncomfortable. >> petty? >> the two of them. >> it got a little weird. >> it got weird. >> it got weird. the bottom line is, a lot of people who have criticized john mccain said this was child issue. the senate should not have brought up the surge because that was years ago and that's not -- that decision haven't going to be before the next secretary of defense. we have new problems or new hot spots in the world. that's in the past. he should have left it there. >> that's what a lot of folks are saying about that weird exchange >> bill: to the extent that we kno
there are some folks like jim inhofe, the ranking member on the senate armed services, who will vote no. >> is itt doesn't have to be 100%. >> the bottom line is there aren't enough republicans out there saying no. and there aren't any democrats saying they are not going to back him in order to make the confirmation not a reality. >> it looks like -- tell me if i am wrong. it looks to me with john mccain like it's gotten personal. john mccain is trying to prove he was right...
116
116
Jan 18, 2013
01/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
under president jim hoffa. we live better because of their a good work. look at their good work at teamster teamster.org. well two big sports -- despite the hostage situation in algeria and the inauguration this weekend, a big battle now over sensible gun control legislation, two sports stories are dominating the talk this morning about two big fat lie arizona, it looks like: ars, it looks like: lance armstrong and manti te'o. cindy joining us on our news line this morning. hey, cindy. how are you? >> i am fine. how are you? >> all right. did we learn anything? let's start with lance armstrong. did we learn anything last night from oprah we didn't already know? >> no. i mean, you know he came across. i thought it was interesting. he is clearly desperately trying to rehabitate his image to show that, you know, whatever. it's like a 12-step program that he is sort of playing out here. >> yeah. >> he is apologizing to everyone. and then i found it very odd and very telling, particularly when he was talking about frankie andrews' wife, betsy and he mentioned
under president jim hoffa. we live better because of their a good work. look at their good work at teamster teamster.org. well two big sports -- despite the hostage situation in algeria and the inauguration this weekend, a big battle now over sensible gun control legislation, two sports stories are dominating the talk this morning about two big fat lie arizona, it looks like: ars, it looks like: lance armstrong and manti te'o. cindy joining us on our news line this morning. hey, cindy. how are...
131
131
Jul 3, 2013
07/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 0
>> stephanie: the day after jim is sick, we get a few too many details about -- >> it is not safe for working. >> are we on a need-to-know basis? >> stephanie: one way or another, we find a way to say corn, when did i eat corn? >> oh, no, no, no, no. >> stephanie: that's our favorite. >> no. >> stephanie, line you just went over
>> stephanie: the day after jim is sick, we get a few too many details about -- >> it is not safe for working. >> are we on a need-to-know basis? >> stephanie: one way or another, we find a way to say corn, when did i eat corn? >> oh, no, no, no, no. >> stephanie: that's our favorite. >> no. >> stephanie, line you just went over
117
117
Jan 28, 2013
01/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> turning it into under jim messina? right? a full-time kind of citizens pressure group. >> they tried to do this last time after the '08 election. of course, it was a different thing because then it was what do you do to sort of put something in that you will use for your own reelection. this is different if it takes hold and what's interesting going back to charlotte and the republicans is the republicans are now saying the democrats have sort of a permanent campaign operation. we need to do the same thing. this whole phrase, permanent campaign is joyous to any of us who cover politics and horrifying to anybody else. republicans opened four permanent campaign offices in wisconsin. basically like permanent field offices. >> in wisconsin. >> in wisconsin yeah. there is a little bit of an arms race going on. both sides are trying to, you know, have their own kind of grassroots way of pushing their causes. >> bill: david, give us your take on the new chief of staff announced on friday. >> obama himself said it was the least surpr
. >> turning it into under jim messina? right? a full-time kind of citizens pressure group. >> they tried to do this last time after the '08 election. of course, it was a different thing because then it was what do you do to sort of put something in that you will use for your own reelection. this is different if it takes hold and what's interesting going back to charlotte and the republicans is the republicans are now saying the democrats have sort of a permanent campaign operation....